Bleh

I've been inexplicably tired this past week and I don't know why. The weather has been dreary, so maybe that's part of it. Because of all the family obligations, I haven't been able to bike to work much, and even when I did, it didn't get me out of the doldrums.

The Madster was pretty happy with the birthday haul yesterday. A couple of stuffed animals, and then some techy stuff. We got her a cell phone. Sigh. I suppose we could do without them, but with our crazy schedules, we want to have at least one of our kids per school to have one. Obviously the kids don't carry them around in class, but it sure is nice to be able to leave text messages for them when plans change (which they always do). There are now 4 cell phones in the family, but you'd never know it. None of us are sitting around gabbing in public places or at home for that matter. Because of work, TOYH gets the most calls by far, but she rarely picks up calls when they come to her phone. It's more of a messaging service for her. This will all change when 'Nika, aka "The Phone Vulture," gets a cell phone. She loves to answer the phone and she loves to talk with friends and family on the phone. I will give you all advanced notice when she gets one so you can buy your Verizon stock, or whatever carrier we will be using in the future.

We also got The Madster Sims 2 Pets for the computer. We had gone back and forth about getting her what she really wanted - plain old Sims 2. They seemed to have ratcheted up the hanky-panky quotient from Sims 1, so TOYH picked up Sims 2 Pets instead. All was well until I read on the Sims 2 Pets box that the Sims 2 game was required to use Pets. Crimeny. Now we've got to decide what to do again. Anyone familiar with Sims 2? It's rated Teen, so The Madster will probably....Wait, this just in. The Madster called me from her new cell phone saying they made the exchange for Sims 2 and she's having trouble installing it. I guess I know what I'm doing this evening. BTW, what ever happened to Sim City? Francis? Anyone?